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奥巴马演讲稿我们为什么上学英文演讲稿Ladies and gentlemen,Today, I stand before you to talk about a topic that holds great significance in our lives: the importance of education and why we go to school. Education is the foundation upon which our future is built and it plays a crucial role in shaping our society. So, why do we go to school?First and foremost, education is the key to unlocking our potential. It equips us with knowledge and skills that enable us to navigate through the challenges life throws at us. Whether it's learning how to read and write, solving complex mathematical equations, or understanding scientific theories, education empowers us to explore new horizons and pursue our passions.Furthermore, going to school provides us with a platform for personal growth. It offers opportunities for self-discovery, fosters creativity, and develops critical thinking skills. We learn to question, analyze, and form our own opinions, which are essential traits for becoming well-rounded individuals capable of making informed decisions.Education also plays a vital role in fostering social cohesion and fostering empathy. By interacting with diverse groups of individuals at school, we cultivate an understanding and appreciation for different cultures, experiences, and perspectives. This helps us to build meaningful relationships based on inclusivity and respect, contributing to a harmonious society.Moreover, education equips us with essential life skills beyond academics. We learn discipline, time management, teamwork, and resilience, which are fundamental attributes for success in any field we choose to pursue. It instills in us a sense of responsibility and helps us become productive members of our communities.Lastly, education opens doors of opportunity for us. It enables us to access higher education, pursue our dream careers, and contribute positively to the development of our society. By being educated, we are equipped to address societal challenges, create solutions, and make a lasting impact on the world around us.In conclusion, the value of education and the reasons why we go to school go far beyond acquiring knowledge. Education shapes us into well-rounded individuals, equips us with essential skills, fosters social harmony, and provides us with opportunities for growth and personal development. So let us treasure the privilege of education, embrace our time in school, and strive to make the most of every learning opportunity. Thank you.。

奥巴马精彩演讲：我们为什么要上学（最终版）第一篇：奥巴马精彩演讲：我们为什么要上学（最终版）奥巴马演讲：我们为什么要上学Hello, everybody!Thank you.Thank you.Thank you, everybody.All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat.How is everybody doing today?(Applause.)How about Tim Spicer?(Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia.And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade.And I am just so glad that all could join us today.And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host.Give yourselves a big round of applause.(Applause.)I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous.I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now--(applause)--with just one more year to go.And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.Hello, everybody!Thank you.Thank you.Thank you, everybody.All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat.How is everybody doing today?(Applause.)How about Tim Spicer?(Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia.And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade.And I am just so glad that all could join us today.And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host.Give yourselves a big round of applause.(Applause.)I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high sch ool, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous.I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now--(applause)--with just one more year to go.And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that feeling.When I was young, my family lived overseas.I lived in Indonesia for a few years.And my mother, she didn’t have the mo ney to send me where all the American kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American education.So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday.But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.Now, as you might imagine, I wasn’t too happy about getting up that early.And a lot of times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table.But whenever I’d complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she’d say, “This is no picnic for me either, buster.”(Laughter.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school.But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you.I’m here because I want to talk wit h you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.Now, I’ve given a lot of speeches about education.And I’ve talked about responsibility a lot.I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front ofthe TV or with the Xbox.I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility fo r setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working, where students aren’t getting the opportunities that they deserve.But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world--and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.That’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.Every single one of you has something that you’re good at.Every single one of you has something to offer.And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is.That’s the opportunity an education can provide.Maybe you could be a great writer--maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper--but you might not know it until you write that English paper--that English class paper that’s assigned to you.Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor--maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine--but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class.Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice--but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it.You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military?You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers.You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job.You’ve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future.What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country.The future of America depends on you.What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the fut ure.You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment.You’ll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free.You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems.If you don’t do that--if you quit on school--you’re not just quitting on yourse lf, you’re quitting on your country.Now, I know it’s not always easy to do well in school.I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.I get it.I know what it’s like.My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn’t always able to give us the things that other kids had.There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn’t fit in.So I wasn’t always as focused as I should havebeen on school, and I did some things I’m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have.And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.But I was--I was lucky.I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams.My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story.Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn’t have a lot of money.But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.Some of you might not have those advantages.Maybe you don’t have adults in your life who give you the support that you need.Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there’s not enough money to go around.Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don’t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren’t right.But at the end of the day, the circumstan ces of your life--what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home--none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school.There is no excuse for not trying.Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.No one’s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny.You make your own future.That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas.Jazmin didn’t speak English when she first started school.Neither of her parents had gone to college.But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University--is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr.JazminPerez.I’m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who’s fought brain cancer since he was three.He’s had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer--hundreds of extra hours--to do his schoolwork.But he never fell behind.He’s headed to college this fall.And then there’s Shantell S teve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois.Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she’s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.AndJazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren’t any different from any of you.They face challenges in their lives just like you do.In some cases they’ve got it a lot worse off than many of you.But they refused to give up.They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves.And I expect all of you to do the same.That’s why today I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education--and do everything you can to meet them.Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book.Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.Maybe you’ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn.Maybe you’ll decide to take be tter care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn.And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don’t feel well, so we can keeppeople from getting the flu this fall and winter.But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it.I want you to really work at it.I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work--that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star.Chances are you’re not going to be any of those things.The truth is, being successful is hard.You won’t love every subject that you study.You won’t click with every teacher that you have.Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute.And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That’s okay.Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures.J.K.Rowling’s--who wrote Harry Potter--her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published.Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career.But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life.And that’s why I succeed.These people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures define you--you have to let your failures teach you.You have to let them show you what to do diffe rently the next time.So if you get into trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right.If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one’s born being good at all things.You become good at things through hard work.You’re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song.You’ve got to practice.The same principle applies to your schoolwork.You might have to do a math problem a few timesbefore you get it right.You might have to read something a few times before you understand it.You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it’s good enough to hand in.Don’t be afraid to ask qu estions.Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.I do that every day.Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and that then allows you to learn something new.So find an adult that you trust--a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor--and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other peopl e have given up on you, don’t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough.It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation.Young people.Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war;who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon.Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.So today, I want to ask all of you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answerthese questions.I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn.But you’ve got to do your part, too.So I expect all of you to get serious this year.I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do.I expect great things from each of you.So don’t let us down.Don’t let your family down or your country down.Most of all, don’t let yourself dow n.Make us all proud.Thank you very much, everybody.God bless you.God bless America.Thank you.第二篇：奥巴马精彩演讲：我们为什么要上学？奥巴马精彩演讲：我们为什么要上学？嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

奥巴马---《我们为什么要学习》下面是美国总统奥巴马在学校开学的演讲词，我看了以后热血沸腾，一股冲动使我想要又回到学校的课堂去学习。

我迫不及待的想要和大家分享他的精彩演讲。

嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

我知道，对你们中的许多人来说，今天是开学的第一天，你们中的有一些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中，对你们来说，这是在新学校的第一天，因此，假如你们感到有些紧张，那也是很正常的。

我想也会有许多毕业班的学生们正自信满满地准备最后一年的冲刺。

不过，我想无论你有多大、在读哪个年级，许多人都打心底里希望现在还在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。

我可以理解这份心情。

小时候，我们家在印度尼西亚住过几年，而我妈妈没钱送我去其他美国孩子们上学的地方去读书，因此她决定自己给我上课——时间是每周一到周五的凌晨4点半。

显然，我不怎么喜欢那么早就爬起来，很多时候，我就这么在厨房的桌子前睡着了。

每当我埋怨的时候，我妈总会用同一副表情看着我说：“小鬼，你以为教你我就很轻松？”所以，我可以理解你们中的许多人对于开学还需要时间来调整和适应，但今天我站在这里，是为了和你们谈一些重要的事情。

我要和你们谈一谈你们每个人的教育，以及在新的学年里，你们应当做些什么。

我做过许多关于教育的讲话，也常常用到“责任”这个词。

我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们，督促你们学习。

我谈到过家长们有责任看管你们认真学习、完成作业，不要成天只会看电视或打游戏机。

我也很多次谈到过政府有责任设定高标准严要求、协助老师和校长们的工作，改变在有些学校里学生得不到应有的学习机会的现状。

但哪怕这一切都达到最好，哪怕我们有最尽职的教师、最好的家长、和最优秀的学校，假如你们不去履行自己的责任的话，那么这一切努力都会白费。

——除非你每天准时去上学、除非你认真地听老师讲课、除非你把父母、长辈和其他大人们说的话放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否则这一切都会失去意义。

奥巴马演讲稿：我们为什么要上学奥巴马演讲稿：我们为什么要上学时间：2019年9月8日地点：弗吉尼亚州，阿林顿市嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

我知道，对你们中的许多人来说，今天是开学的第一天，你们中的有一些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中，对你们来说，这是在新学校的第一天，因此，假如你们感到有些紧张，那也是很正常的。

我想也会有许多毕业班的学生们正自信满满地准备最后一年的冲刺。

不过，我想无论你有多大、在读哪个年级，许多人都打心底里希望现在还在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。

我可以理解这份心情。

小时候，我们家在印度尼西亚住过几年，而我妈妈没钱送我去其他美国孩子们上学的地方去读书，因此她决定自己给我上课时间是每周一到周五的凌晨4点半。

显然，我不怎么喜欢那么早就爬起来，很多时候，我就这么在厨房的桌子前睡着了。

每当我埋怨的时候，我妈总会用同一副表情看着我说：小鬼，你以为教你我就很轻松？所以，我可以理解你们中的许多人对于开学还需要时间来调整和适应，但今天我站在这里，是为了和你们谈一些重要的事情。

我要和你们谈一谈你们每个人的教育，以及在新的学年里，你们应当做些什么。

知名人士11我做过许多关于教育的讲话，也常常用到责任这个词。

我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们，督促你们学习。

我谈到过家长们有责任看管你们认真学习、完成作业，不要成天只会看电视或打游戏机。

我也很多次谈到过政府有责任设定高标准严要求、协助老师和校长们的工作，改变在有些学校里学生得不到应有的学习机会的现状。

但哪怕这一切都达到最好，哪怕我们有最尽职的教师、最好的家长、和最优秀的学校，假如你们不去履行自己的责任的话，那么这一切努力都会白费。

除非你每天准时去上学、除非你认真地听老师讲课、除非你把父母、长辈和其他大人们说的话放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否则这一切都会失去意义。

xx---《我们为什么要学习》下面是美国总统奥巴马在学校开学的演讲词，我看了以后热血沸腾，一股冲动使我想要又回到学校的课堂去学习。

我迫不及待的想要和大家分享他的精彩演讲。

嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

我知道，对你们中的许多人来说，今天是开学的第一天，你们中的有一些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中，对你们来说，这是在新学校的第一天，因此，假如你们感到有些紧张，那也是很正常的。

我想也会有许多毕业班的学生们正自信满满地准备最后一年的冲刺。

不过，我想无论你有多大、在读哪个年级，许多人都打心底里希望现在还在放暑假，以及今天不用那么早起床。

我可以理解这份心情。

小时候，我们家在印度尼西亚住过几年，而我妈妈没钱送我去其他美国孩子们上学的地方去读书，因此她决定自己给我上课——时间是每周一到周五的凌晨4点半。

显然，我不怎么喜欢那么早就爬起来，很多时候，我就这么在厨房的桌子前睡着了。

每当我埋怨的时候，我妈总会用同一副表情看着我说：“小鬼，你以为教你我就很轻松？”所以，我可以理解你们中的许多人对于开学还需要时间来调整和适应，但今天我站在这里，是为了和你们谈一些重要的事情。

我要和你们谈一谈你们每个人的教育，以及在新的学年里，你们应当做些什么。

我做过许多关于教育的讲话，也常常用到“责任”这个词。

我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们，督促你们学习。

我谈到过家长们有责任看管你们认真学习、完成作业，不要成天只会看电视或打游戏机。

我也很多次谈到过政府有责任设定高标准严要求、协助老师和校长们的工作，改变在有些学校里学生得不到应有的学习机会的现状。

但哪怕这一切都达到最好，哪怕我们有最尽职的教师、最好的家长、和最优秀的学校，假如你们不去履行自己的责任的话，那么这一切努力都会白费。

——除非你每天准时去上学、除非你认真地听老师讲课、除非你把父母、长辈和其他大人们说的话放在心上、除非你肯付出成功所必需的努力，否则这一切都会失去意义。

弗吉尼亚州，阿林顿市，2009年9月8日嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

我知道对于你们中的许多人而言，今天是新学期的开始，尤其是初入园、初入校的新生，更是你们在新环境中的第一天，难免会有些小小紧张。

还可以想象有些即将面临毕业的高年级生，现在的感觉一定不错。

当然不管你是几年级，有些同学可能还希望现在继续处在暑假中，可以睡懒觉。

能理解这种想法。

当我还是个孩子的时候，在印度尼西亚住了几年。

我的母亲没钱送我去当地都是美国孩子上的学校，但她认为让我紧跟美国教育是很重要的，于是由她自己教我。

从星期一到星期五，但是因为她必须工作，能教我的时间也就只能是在凌晨4点半。

你们可以想象，早起不是件乐意的事。

很多时候，在餐桌边，我就睡着了。

但是每当我抱怨时，母亲就只是给我一本书，然后说：“伙计，我也没空去野餐。

”有些人仍在调整心态以适应新的学习生活，之所以我今天在这里，是有些非常重要的话想要告诉你们，有关教育和对新学期的期望。

迄今为止，我作过很多有关教育的演讲，也多次提到了社会责任性。

我提到过教师的责任是鼓励学生和促进他们学习。

父母的责任是确保你做你该做的事，完成你的作业，而不是把所有空闲时间都用来看电视或玩xbox。

政府的责任是建立好标准，支持教师和校长的工作，扶持那些较弱的学校，让失学的孩子得到他们应有的。

但是退一万步讲，除非你们完成了你们的责任，除非你们关注那些学校，除非你们注意到那些老师，除非你们听从父母，祖辈或是那些通过努力获得成功的长辈，否则即使我们拥有世界上最杰出的师资，最有支持力的家长，最好的学校，一切都不会有所不同。

这就是我今天的讲话核心，你们每个人对教育的责任。

我想从你们每个人对自己的责任讲起。

每个人都有擅长的事情，每个人都能贡献些什么。

所以你有责任发现自己的长处是什么，而学习就提供了这样一个发挥的机会。

奥巴马《我们为什么要上学？》中文版第一篇：奥巴马《我们为什么要上学？》中文版奥巴马在开学日的演讲《我们为什么要上学？》美国总统奥巴马在美国开学日的演讲《我们为什么要上学？》，是我读过最鼓舞人心的演讲，不愧是美国领袖。

演讲没有太多“大词”，他鼓励每一个个体从哪怕一个小目标开始，马上行动并坚持不懈。

如果有一天我们的领袖在开学第一天能作出这么激励人心的演讲，相信许多孩子命运会由此改变。

演讲内容相当贴近孩子内心，建议分享此文给我们的孩子和身边的朋友。

本人先后读过六遍。

以下为奥巴马演讲全文翻译：嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

我知道，对你们中的许多人来说，今天是开学的第一天，你们中的有一些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中，对你们来说，这是在新学校的第一天，因此，假如你们感到有些紧张，那也是很正常的。

我想也会有许多毕业班的学生们正自信满满地准备最后一年的冲刺。

不过，我想无论你有多大、在读哪个年级，许多人都打心底里希望现在还在放假，以及今天不用那么早起床。

我可以理解这份心情。

小时候，我们家在印度尼西亚住过几年，而我妈妈没钱送我去其他美国孩子们上学的地方去读书，因此她决定自己给我上课——时间是每周一到周五的凌晨4点半。

显然，我不怎么喜欢那么早就爬起来，很多时候，我就这么在厨房的桌子前睡着了。

每当我埋怨的时候，我妈总会用同一副表情看着我说：“小鬼，你以为教你我就很轻松？”所以，我可以理解你们中的许多人对于开学还需要时间来调整和适应，但今天我站在这里，是为了和你们谈一些重要的事情。

我要和你们谈一谈你们每个人的教育，以及在新的学年里，你们应当做些什么。

我做过许多关于教育的讲话，也常常用到“责任”这个词。

我谈到过教师们有责任激励和启迪你们，督促你们学习。

我谈到过家长们有责任看管你们认真学习、完成作业，不要成天只会看电视或打游戏机。

Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.)嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now -- (applause) -- with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are prob ably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.我知道，对你们中的许多人来说，今天是开学的第一天，你们中的有一些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中，对你们来说，这是在新学校的第一天，因此，假如你们感到有些紧张，那也是很正常的。

[奥巴马我们为什么要上学]奥巴马开学演讲稿（中英对照）我们为什么要上学？(转载) 篇一: 奥巴马开学演讲稿我们为什么要上学？奥巴马开学演讲稿按语：我们为什么要上学？这个问题的答案可能五花八门。

有人说是为了以后更轻松的赚钱，有人说是为了有个更好的将来，有人说是为了摆脱现在的窘境，甚至有人说仅仅是为了将来有个饭碗，有个好家庭。

当然你也可以说是为了报效祖国！但是，我想还是有很多人对这个问题的理解还是很模糊的。

今天，我给大家推荐一个视频，是美国总统奥巴马在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿高中面向全美中小学生发表的电视开学演讲。

他用平实的语言向全美的学生讲述为什么要学习，经济窘迫、家庭问题、情感问题是否能成为与老师辩驳，消极学习的借口？他鼓励学生不畏逆境、发奋学习。

请不要放弃自己，放弃自己的责任！引人深思，看完后，希望能对你有所帮助！Wakefield High SchoolArlington,Virginia韦克菲尔德高中，弗吉尼亚州，阿林顿市，September8,2009 REMARKS BY THEPRESIDENTINANATIONALADDRESS TO AMERICA’S SCH OOLCHILDREN嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。

Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thankyou, everybody. Allright, everybody go ahead and have a seat. Howis everybody doing today?How about Tim Spicer? I am here with students at Wakefield HighSchool inArlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in fromallacross America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am justsoglad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefieldfor beingsuch an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round ofapplause.我知道，对你们中的许多人来说，今天是开学的第一天，你们中的有一些刚刚进入幼儿园或升上初高中，对你们来说，这是在新学校的第一天，因此，假如你们感到有些紧张，那也是很正常的。

奥巴马开学第一堂课演讲稿-我们为什么要学习Wakefield High School Arlington,VirginiaHello,everybody!Thank you.Thank you.Thank you,everybody.All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat.How is everybody doing today?(Applause.) How about Tim Spicer?(Applause.)I am here with students at Wakefield High Sc hool in Arlington,Virginia.And we've got students tuning in from all across America,from kindergarten through12th grade.And I am just so glad that all could join us today.And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstandi ng host.Give yourselves a big round of applause.(Applause.)I know that for many of you,today is the first day of school.And for those of you in kindergarten,or starting middle or high school,it's your first da y in a new school,so it's understandable if you're a little nervous.I imagin e there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now--(ap plause)--with just one more year to go.And no matter what grade you're in,s ome of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could've stayed i n bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that feeling.When I was young,my family lived overseas.I lived in Indonesia for a few years.And my mother,she didn't have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school,but she thought it was important f or me to keep up with an American education.So she decided to teach me extra l essons herself,Monday through Friday.But because she had to go to work,the only time she could do it was at4:30in the morning.Now,as you might imagine,I wasn't too happy about getting up that early. And a lot of times,I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table.But whene ver I'd complain,my mother would just give me one of those looks and she'd say ,"This is no picnic for me either,buster."(Laughter.)So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school.But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you.I'm her e because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of a ll of you in this new school year.Now,I've given a lot of speeches about education.And I've talked about r esponsibility a lot.I've talked about teachers'responsibility for inspiring students and pu shing you to learn.I've talked about your parents'responsibility for making sure you stay o n track,and you get your homework done,and don't spend every waking hour in f ront of the TV or with the Xbox.I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards,and supporting teachers and principals,and turning around schoo ls that aren't working,where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve.But at the end of the day,we can have the most dedicated teachers,the mos t supportive parents,the best schools in the world--and none of it will make a difference,none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsib ilities,unless you show up to those schools,unless you pay attention to thos e teachers,unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adul ts and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.That's what I want to focus on today:the responsibility each of you has for your education.I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.Every single one of you has something that you're good at.Every single one of you has some thing to offer.And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what tha t is.That's the opportunity an education can provide.Maybe you could be a great writer--maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper--but you might not know it until you write that En glish paper--that English class paper that's assigned to you.Maybe you coul d be an innovator or an inventor--maybe even good enough to come up with the n ext iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine--but you might not know it until yo u do your project for your science class.Maybe you could be a mayor or a senat or or a Supreme Court justice--but you might not know that until you join stu dent government or the debate team.And no matter what you want to do with your life,I guarantee that you'll ne ed an education to do it.You want to be a doctor,or a teacher,or a police off icer?You want to be a nurse or an architect,a lawyer or a member of our milita ry?You're going to need a good education for every single one of those career s.You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job.You've got to tr ain for it and work for it and learn for it.And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future.What y ou make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this cou ntry.The future of America depends on you.What you're learning in school tod ay will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in t he future.You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS,and to develop new energy tech nologies and protect our environment.You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness,crime and discrimination,and make our nation more fair and more free.You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classe s to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems .If you don't do that--if you quit on school--you're not just quitting on y ourself,you're quitting on your country.Now,I know it's not always easy to do well in school.I know a lot of you ha ve challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your sc hoolwork.I get it.I know what it's like.My father left my family when I was two yea rs old,and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at ti mes to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other ki ds had.There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were t imes when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school,and I did som e things I'm not proud of,and I got in more trouble than I should have.And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.But I was--I was lucky.I got a lot of second chances,and I had the opport unity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams.My wife,our First Lady Michelle Obama,she has a similar story.Neither of her parents had gone to college,and they didn't have a lot of money.But they worked hard,and she worked hard,so that she could go to the best schools in this country.Some of you might not have those advantages.Maybe you don't have adults i n your life who give you the support that you need.Maybe someone in your famil y has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around.Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe,or have friends who are pressurin g you to do things you know aren't right.But at the end of the day,the circumstances of your life--what you look l ike,where you come from,how much money you have,what you've got going on at home--none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher,or cutt ing class,or dropping out of school.There is no excuse for not trying.Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.No o ne's written your destiny for you,because here in America,you write your own destiny.You make your own future.That's what young people like you are doing every day,all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez,from Roma,Texas.Jazmin didn't speak Eng lish when she first started school.Neither of her parents had gone to college .But she worked hard,earned good grades,and got a scholarship to Brown Univ ersity--is now in graduate school,studying public health,on her way to bec oming Dr.Jazmin Perez.I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz,from Los Altos,California,who's foug ht brain cancer since he was three.He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries,one of which affected his memory,so it took him much longer--hundreds of extra hours--to do his schoolwork.But he never fell behind.He' s headed to college this fall.And then there's Shantell Steve,from my hometown of Chicago,Illinois.E ven when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoo ds in the city,she managed to get a job at a local health care center,start a program to keep young people out of gangs,and she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.And Jazmin,Andoni,and Shantell aren't any different from any of you.The y face challenges in their lives just like you do.In some cases they've got it a lot worse off than many of you.But they refused to give up.They chose to ta ke responsibility for their lives,for their education,and set goals for the mselves.And I expect all of you to do the same.That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your e ducation--and do everything you can to meet them.Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework,paying attention in class,or spending s ome time each day reading a book.Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an ext racurricular activity,or volunteer in your community.Maybe you'll decide t o stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or h ow they look,because you believe,like I do,that all young people deserve a s afe environment to study and learn.Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn.And along those lines,by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot,and that you stay home from scho ol when you don't feel well,so we can keep people from getting the flu this fa ll and winter.But whatever you resolve to do,I want you to commit to it.I want you to re ally work at it.I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and su ccessful without any hard work--that your ticket to success is through rappi ng or basketball or being a reality TV star.Chances are you're not going to be any of those things.The truth is,being successful is hard.You won't love every subject that you study.You won't click with every teacher that you have.Not every homewor k assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That's okay.Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures.J.K.Rowling's--who wrote Harry Potter--her first Harry Potter book was rejected12times before it was finally published .Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.He lost hundred s of games and missed thousands of shots during his career.But he once said,"I have failed over and over and over again in my life.And that's why I succeed ."These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your fa ilures define you--you have to let your failures teach you.You have to let t hem show you what to do differently the next time.So if you get into trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker,it means you need to try harder to ac t right.If you get a bad grade,that doesn't mean you're stupid,it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one's born being good at all things.You become good at things through h ard work.You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song.You've got to practice.T he same principle applies to your schoolwork.You might have to do a math prob lem a few times before you get it right.You might have to read something a few times before you understand it.You definitely have to do a few drafts of a pap er before it's good enough to hand in.Don't be afraid to ask questions.Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it.I do that every day.Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness,it's a s ign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't k now something,and that then allows you to learn something new.So find an adu lt that you trust--a parent,a grandparent or teacher,a coach or a counselor --and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.And even when you're struggling,even when you're discouraged,and you fe el like other people have given up on you,don't ever give up on yourself,beca use when you give up on yourself,you give up on your country.The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough.It 's about people who kept going,who tried harder,who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.It's the story of students who sat where you sit250years ago,and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation.Young people.Students who sat where you sit75years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war;w ho fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon.Students who sat where yo u sit20years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.So today,I want to ask all of you,what's your contribution going to be?W hat problems are you going to solve?What discoveries will you make?What will a President who comes here in20or50or100years say about what all of you di d for this country?Now,your families,your teachers,and I are doing everything we can to ma ke sure you have the education you need to answer these questions.I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn.But you've got to do your part,too.So I expect a ll of you to get serious this year.I expect you to put your best effort into ev erything you do.I expect great things from each of you.So don't let us down. Don't let your family down or your country down.Most of all,don't let yourse lf down.Make us all proud.Thank you very much,everybody.God bless you.God bless America.Thank yo u.(Applause.)弗吉尼亚州，阿林顿市，2009年9月8日嗨，大家好！你们今天过得怎么样？我现在和弗吉尼亚州阿林顿郡韦克菲尔德高中的学生们在一起，全国各地也有从幼儿园到高三的众多学生们通过电视关注这里，我很高兴你们能共同分享这一时刻。